Samson: Rajasthan suffered a setback during the match against Delhi, captain Samson retired hurt due to injury..

Rajasthan Royals suffered a setback during the match against Delhi Capitals when its captain Sanju Samson retired hurt due to injury and left the field. The match is being played between Delhi and Rajasthan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Samson, along with Yashasvi Jaiswal, gave the team a good start, but just before the end of the powerplay, he retired hurt and returned to the pavilion.

Samson felt pain while batting.

Delhi set a target of 189 runs in front of Rajasthan. Samson had trouble in the sixth over and the physio came to the field to see him. On the third ball of the over, Samson tried to hit a shot on Vipraj Nigam's ball. Replays showed that Samson felt pain. The physio saw him and Samson took a tablet during the break. He continued batting, but after one ball, Samson decided to leave the field. Samson scored 31 runs in 19 balls with the help of two fours and three sixes.

Samson has been struggling with injury.
Samson has been seen struggling with injury this year. During the fifth T20 match against England in Mumbai, Samson suffered a finger injury while batting. Due to this, he could not play for Kerala in the Ranji Trophy. Samson had to undergo surgery and returned to the field after undergoing the rehab process. In the first three matches of IPL 2025, he played only as a full-time batsman and Riyan Parag took over the captaincy of the team in his place.

Will he be able to return in the next match?

Rajasthan Royals' next match is to be played against Lucknow Super Giants in Jaipur on 19 April. If Samson is not fit by then, then Parag can once again be seen taking over the captaincy of the team. In seven matches of IPL 2025, Samson has scored 224 runs at an average of 37.33 and a strike rate of 143.58. He played an innings of 66 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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